Houses of Parliament London Building Survey, Palace of Westminster Refurbishment, UK Neo-Gothic Restoration, Refurb
Palace of Westminster Building Survey
10 June 2022
Dozens of boreholes to be drilled around the Palace of Westminster as surveying gathers pace for essential restoration
R&R Surveyors consider utilities in the Commons Chamber:

Palace of Westminster Boreholes News
Experts will dig 23 boreholes, with some reaching up to 70 metres in depth, to assess ground conditions around the Palace of Westminster to inform decisions about essential restoration work to preserve the 150-year-old building.
The boreholes are part of an extensive programme of building investigations commissioned today by the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme. Survey contracts worth over £4m in total were awarded to seven companies. Archaeologists will be on-site for each of the 23 holes to record any finds of historical significance. Previous ground investigations in recent decades have uncovered a centuries-old sword and buried fragments of King Henry III?s high table.
Elsewhere, 160 rooms across Parliament will be inspected by surveyors who will lift up floorboards, sensitively drill into walls and remove ceiling panels to look at a range of issues such as wall cavities, the material makeup of the building and the weight-bearing of historic flooring. Specialist teams will continue to inspect the hundreds of miles of interconnected power cables, gas, water and heating ...